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  • PlayStation 4Lead architect Mark Cerny began work on Sony's fourth video game console as early as 2008. This timeline started less than two years after the PlayStation 3…
  • PlayStation 3Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi announced a partnership with Toshiba and IBM on the 9th of March 2001.
  • Nintendo SwitchNintendo posted its first loss as a video game company in 2012, marking the beginning of a difficult period for the Japanese giant.
  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation console line, implemented a two-year feedback cycle after the launch of the PlayStation 4.
  • PlayStation PortableSony Computer Entertainment first announced development of the PlayStation Portable at a press conference preceding E3 2003.
  • PlayStation 4In 2008, long before the world knew the name PlayStation 4, lead architect Mark Cerny began sketching the blueprint for a machine that would fundamentally…
  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the chief architect of the PlayStation 5, spent two years walking the floors of Sony's first-party development studios before a single line of…
  • PlayStation 3On the 9th of March 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi stood before a press conference and announced a partnership with IBM and Toshiba…
  • Xbox Series X and Series SIndustry rumors of new Xbox hardware had started as early as June 2018, with Microsoft's Phil Spencer confirming they were deep into architecting the next…
  • Xbox OneOn the 21st of May 2013, Microsoft took the stage at E3 to reveal a new console. The event lasted over thirty minutes before showing a single video game.
  • PlayStation VitaRumors of a successor to the PlayStation Portable emerged in July 2009 when Eurogamer reported that Sony was working on such a device.
  • Game Boy AdvanceIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada began experimenting with color screens for Nintendo's handheld line. They developed a prototype codenamed…
  • Game Boy ColorIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada experimented with color displays for Nintendo's handheld line. Their prototype carried the codename Project…
  • Game BoyOn the 10th of June 1987, division director Gunpei Yokoi informed R&D1 that Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi wanted a successor to the Game & Watch series…
  • Nintendo DSIn mid-2002, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from his executive role to become an advisor. He proposed a new system built around two screens.
  • Nintendo Switch 2Nintendo began pre-production of its next console shortly after the Switch's release, with a team reviewing the performance limitations of the original unit.